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Adam McCulloch

Adam McCulloch

Adam McCulloch first worked for Personnel Today magazine in the early 1990s as a sub editor. He rejoined Personnel Today as a writer in 2017, covering all aspects of HR but with a special interest in diversity, social mobility and industrial relations. He has ventured beyond the HR realm to work as a freelance writer and production editor in sectors including travel (The Guardian), aviation (Flight International), agriculture (Farmers' Weekly), music (Jazzwise), theatre (The Stage) and social work (Community Care). He is also the author of KentWalksNearLondon. Adam first became interested in industrial relations after witnessing an exchange between Arthur Scargill and National Coal Board chairman Ian McGregor in 1984, while working as a temp in facilities at the NCB, carrying extra chairs into a conference room!

    • Europe
    • Latest News
    • Ethnicity pay gap

    Few UK businesses ready for EU Pay Transparency directive

    by Adam McCulloch 14 Aug 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 14 Aug 2024

    Fewer than half of UK headquartered businesses are ready to meet the requirements of the European Union Pay Transparency directive.

    • Social mobility
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    CEO pay increased to a record high level in 2023

    by Adam McCulloch 12 Aug 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 12 Aug 2024

    New research has found that the pay of the chief executives of the UK’s largest companies increased by 2.2% in 2023.

    • Benefits
    • Company cars
    • Latest News

    ‘My salary sacrifice electric car is saving me £300 a month’

    by Adam McCulloch 12 Aug 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 12 Aug 2024

    What costs are inherent in electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes for employees and employers?

    • Benefits
    • Company cars
    • Latest News

    Should all employees be able to join our EV salary sacrifice scheme?

    by Adam McCulloch 12 Aug 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 12 Aug 2024

    Who should be eligible for electric car salary sacrifice schemes and what are the responsibilities for drivers? Andy Bruce of fleet management firm Fleet Alliance answers the key questions

    • Discipline
    • Latest News
    • Public sector

    BBC to review workplace culture as it asks Huw Edwards to return salary

    by Adam McCulloch 9 Aug 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 9 Aug 2024

    BBC asks Huw Edward to return £200,000 in salary received after his arrest, as it launches independent review of its workplace culture.

    • Latest News
    • Early careers
    • Recruitment & retention

    It’s August and ‘lazy girl’ job searches are on the rise. What’s the connection?

    by Adam McCulloch 9 Aug 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 9 Aug 2024

    HR in August is all about minimum temperatures, clothing, holidays, temp cover, interns and free lollipops. Oh, and ‘lazy girl’ jobs. Whatever they are.

    • Age discrimination
    • Age
    • Bullying and harassment

    Breaking wind at younger colleague was ‘age discrimination’

    by Adam McCulloch 8 Aug 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 8 Aug 2024

    A judge has ruled that breaking wind on a younger colleague at work amounts to age discrimination in a case...

    • Enhanced pay
    • Shared parental leave
    • Maternity

    Uptake of shared parental leave reaches a new high

    by Adam McCulloch 8 Aug 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 8 Aug 2024

    There were almost 25,000 claims for shared parental leave last year, a record number since the right was introduced in...

    • Latest News
    • Inflation
    • Job creation and losses

    UK wage growth slowed in July, as vacancies rose

    by Adam McCulloch 8 Aug 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 8 Aug 2024

    Wage growth of permanent and part-time staff slowed in July and demand for workers steadied with the number of vacancies declining, new figures show.

    • Collective redundancy
    • USA
    • Latest News

    Computer giant Dell to cut 12,500 roles

    by Adam McCulloch 8 Aug 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 8 Aug 2024

    US computer giant Dell is to launch a fresh round of job cuts this week with up to about 12,500...

    • General Data Protection Regulation
    • Artificial intelligence
    • Gamification

    AI Act comes into force in EU: how will it affect HR?

    by Adam McCulloch 2 Aug 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 2 Aug 2024

    The European Union's AI Act yesterday came into force – the first steps in establishing a regulatory and legal framework for the use of AI systems within Europe.

    • Criminal records
    • Discipline
    • Latest News

    HR legal opinion: why the BBC continued to pay Huw Edwards’ salary

    by Adam McCulloch 1 Aug 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 1 Aug 2024

    The BBC is facing questions over why it continued to pay news presenter Huw Edwards his salary for five months after his arrest for possessing indecent images of children in November 2023.

    • Latest News
    • Industrial action / strikes
    • Retail

    Harrods could face strike over ‘discriminatory’ holiday guidelines

    by Adam McCulloch 26 Jul 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 26 Jul 2024

    Workers at luxury London department store Harrods are contemplating strike action over their employer’s ‘discriminatory’ holiday policy.

    • Careers in HR
    • Latest News
    • Movers and shakers

    Movers and shakers in HR: new appointments at Yodel, Mars and Domino’s

    by Adam McCulloch 26 Jul 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 26 Jul 2024

    Our latest round-up of movers and shakers since the start of summer includes significant appointments at confectionary giant Mars, pizza multinational Domino’s and law firm Browne Jacobson

    • Latest News
    • Productivity
    • Workplace culture

    The Olympics are here: but what’s the real game?

    by Adam McCulloch 26 Jul 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 26 Jul 2024

    For something that is primarily an athletics event, modern business has managed to complicate matters.

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